The single-handled form is uncommon, and each of the dozen known examples is decorated with the same palette and winged cherub design. This suggests that they were commissioned together as a single pharmacy series.

Provenance

Sigismond Bardac (by 1913) ; Mortimer L. Schiff , New York (before 1927–d. 1931; to his son, John) ; by descent, John M. Schiff , New York (1931–46; his sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 4, 1946, no. 16; sold to French and Company); [ French and Co., New York , as agent for MMA, 1946 ]